On page 143 Kotter lists in Exhibit 2 five guiding principles for success in keeping focus and energy applied to the change program. Discuss two or three of these principals as you have seen them be done successfully or not so successfully or not so successfully in a change project in which you were a participant. Reduction of unnecessary interdependencies as a principle for change […]

Position 2: It is important to understand the calculations for FV and PV of monetary sums. Based on time-value-of-money concept, it is necessary to have an understanding on how to calculate Future Value (FV) and Present Value in financial management. In the monetary sums, the two values are equally important when determining the decision to use and apply in the business finance or personal income. […]

Legalization of Marijuana at the Federal and State Level In the past years, the public has given more support to marijuana law reform with more than half of the country’s population supporting the legalization of marijuana. So far, a report by Governing (n.d) shows that 26 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the expansive laws and legalized the herb for recreational use. Other […]

Nurses as Partners in Redesigning the Healthcare System Healthcare in the 21 century has had a significant shift including the nature of challenges facing the system. For instance, the American population is getting older, and by 2030, it is estimated that 20 percent of the citizens will be 65 years and above. Besides the shift in demographics, there has also been a change in the […]

SUBJECT: Health Care Spending Health care spending globally has been on the rise tremendously over the past decades and in turn, affects the citizen’s ability to access quality healthcare services. This increase has influenced an increase in the premiums charged by medical insurance providers. Between the year 1990 and 2000, both public and private healthcare spending rose from $696billion to $1.3 trillion in the United […]

The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted disease that can be contracted by any individual who is sexually active. The HPV vaccines are given to teens to prevent them from diseases caused by the virus. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advocates for the vaccination of females of 9-26 and males of 11-21 years (Liddon et al, 2012). The virus may […]

Planning for Patient Advocacy Patient advocacy is a role that is intertwined with the nurses’ role of providing quality healthcare. Patient advocacy presents an opportunity for the patient’s rights to be observed whenever the policies and priorities are set in healthcare. Patient engagement has been given much consideration in the redesigning process of the healthcare. Health policy makers have felt the push of advocacy airing […]

Description of the Organization and its Recent Change Pearson PLC is one of the largest educational companies and largest book publisher in the world. It is a multinational educational and publishing company with its headquarters in London. The company has a primary listing on London Stocks Exchange. It also makes up the FTSE 100 Index. New York Stock Exchange lists it in its secondary listings […]

Instructional Setting The instructional environment is a fifth-grade classroom with 21 children. The students are from extremely diverse backgrounds ranging from African American, Caucasian, and mixed races. Along with that, the classroom also has two English Language Learners, one gifted student, and one with dyslexia. The child with dyslexia finds it hard to maintain fluency in reading, writing, and spelling of difficult words. Typical of […]

This section should serve as the introduction to your paper. Like any academic paper you write, your introduction should preview the content that will follow. It is appropriate to introduce your instructional setting here, since this task focuses on challenges that may occur in your setting and asks you to create a lesson plan that may address the challenges you identify. You may attach your […]